Bathing-brush.



Jl HI BATHING BRUSH. .P'rmonlon FILED snrm'ls. 1912.

Patented May 16,1913.

vll/Wm i u n WITNESSES: I

$1 Mmm JOHN H. PRIDE, OF KIDDER, SOUTH DAI-(OTA.

BANKING-BRUSH.

Speciilcatioii of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13,191 3.

Application tiled September 13, 1912. Serial N o. 720,193.

To all whom, it mrtg concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. Pinar., a

citizen of the United States, residii at Kidder, in the county of Marshall and tate of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Bathin -Brush, of which the following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to bathin brushes and the Aeneral object is to provi e a bathing briis 1 adapted for connection by n hose with an elevated water tank and which will in use deliver a flow of water through its tufts of bristles for the purpose of washing and rinsing the bathers bodyI and also to prevent soap and dirt from odgiiig in or about the tufts.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1s a to or back view of my improved bathing brus i with a clampin ring on its handle 1n diametrical section. 4`ig. 2 is a side v iew of the brush with its front end ortion in section on the line a--a Fig. 1. *i 3 is a face view of a poi/tion of the brus with the bristles removed.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the stock, 2 the liandle and 3 the bristles of the brush. Inserted longltttdnall of and preferably)I centrall througlfthe andle is a metal tu e 4, whic has its forward end threaded to an elbow 5, which is tightl screwed into a hole 6 through the bo y or stock of the brush. Either before or after the bristles are se'- cured in the stock each tuft of them-'is snugly inserted in an aperture 7 in a very elastic sheet of rubber 8 and the latter has its edge portion secured water-tight about the edges of the stock by a clam-ping band 9, which is made in two halves and hin ed b0- .a hinge 10 while the ves are* formed with segmental portions 11 almost embracin the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, but at the ront of the handle may overlap as lshown at 13 in Fig. 3, so as to hold firmly7 the extension 12 of the rubber to the hand e of the brush.

14 is a ring slidable` on the handle and adapted when pressed forward upon the parts 11 to hold them tightl clamped about the rubber, said ring may ave a shoulder 15 as shown in Fig. 2 or may be as shown in gather at the front b rear ends of the ha Ii 1. i In the' o eration or use of the brush the rear endo the tube 4 is tightly inserted in the lower end of a hose 1,6, fwhose" other end is attached to an elevated water supply (not shown) and any suitable hoseclarnp or other iiowregulator (not shown) is placed on the hose and suitably a plied for re lating the flow of water to tile brush. T e brush is then applied to the bathers body while he is either in a bat-li tub or in some other place where' the water may flow downward from his body. The brush is especially intended for use m bathing cabinets, an improved construction of which will be found in my application of even date heiewith, Serial 1w. 720,192.

When the bathing is done and it is desired to let the brush dry, it ma be detached from the hose and so placed tiat the water will run out of it; the rin 14 may also be slipped rearwardly, the c amp 9 spread and the rubber suiiiciently opened from the brush body to let the water out quickly and ermit air to get into the brush and dry all its parts until the brush is to be used again, when the rubber, the clamp and the ring 14.- are restored again to normal position.

It `will be understood that the water passes through the elbow 5 into the space 17 between the stock land the rubber 8 and after spreading in said space it liows quickly out between the bristles in all the tufts. Also that such flowing willbe increased b the disturbance of the bristles when the 1s apilied to the body. And finally that such owin of the water cleans al1 soap and dirt from t e brush so it will be found clean when it is next time to be used. This latter point of advantage is mentioned in contra istinction to fountain brushes having one single or at best perhaps a few apertures for water to come out at some point of the stock while the rest of the brush, becomes clo ed with soap and dirt which aievery diiiqjult to t at and remove.

at I claim is:-

A bathing brush. com risin a stock with bristles at its front si e, a andleon the stock a tube longitudinally through the handle andadapted for connection with a waterliose at its rear end, the front end of the tube extending through the stock to the front side of it and means for spreading the water amon all the bristles before it can reach 'the ront-i ends of the same, said spreading means consisting of n sheet o rubber covering the front side of the stock and having apertures embracing each one a rush' liif tnft of the bristles; said rubber havin its edge portion brought to the edges o -th stock, n clamping band fitting about the rub ber and composed of two sections hinged together nt the front end of the stock and having the rear ends curved so as ,to fit the sdes of the brush handle and d slidable ring on the brush handle adapted to engage in presence o and ho'ld the rear ends of the clamp mem- .'.bers closed to the handle. 1o

In testimon whereof I affix my signature,

two witnesses.

JOHN H. PRIDE. Witnesses:

S. L. SQUIERS, HERBERT ZIMMERMAN.

Coplel of this patent may be obtained for iva centi enh, by addressing ythe Commissioner of Patents, Wallington, D. 0." 

